7.　　　　 a few days ago 几天前

6.　　　　 a few 一些；少数几个

5.　　　　 a cup of 一茶杯

4.　　　　 a can of 一听，一罐

3.　　　　 a bottle of 一瓶

2.　　　　 a big dinner 一顿丰盛的正餐

1.　　　　 a bit of 有一点儿

6. off　　　 7. somewhere　 8. missing　 9. carried　 10. behind

1. cleaning　 　2. dangerous　 3. dropped　 4. top　 　　　5. so

6. so　 　　　　7. feel　 　　　　　　8. else　　　 9. faces　 　10. away

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When this story happened , they were working around a very large house. Their job was to do the c　 1　　 . It was not a difficult job, but sometimes it was a little d　　 2　　 , because they had to work below where workmen were working. Often these workmen d　 3　　 　something from the top of the house many meters high to the ground. One morning Joe was working near the house with a cigarette behind one of his ears. Suddenly somebody on the t　 4　 　shouted, "Look out!" But Joe did not "look out". He looked up. And as he did s　 5　 , a long knife missed Joe's head, but it cut o　 6　 　　one of his ears. At once he put his hand to one side of his head and cried out, "I've lost an ear. Help! Help!" Jeff ran up to help his friend. "Look for my ear," Joe told him. "It must be on the ground s　 7 　." Jeff looked everywhere for the m　 　8　 　ear. At last he found an ear on the ground. He picked it up and c　 9　 　it to Joe. "Here you are," he said, "I've found it." Joe looked at it. "No, that's not my ear." he said, "Mine had a cigarette

b　 10　　 　it."